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onlydylanobrien · 3 years

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Dylan O'Brien - NME Magazine Interview

Dylan O’Brien: “I was in this transitional phase – close to a quarter-life crisis”

From YA heartthrob to legitimate leading man – how the 'Maze Runner' star hit his stride after a whirlwind decade

Definitely!” hoots Dylan O’Brien when NME asks if he still has to audition. “I’m not Tom fucking Hanks, bro.” He’s clearly amused by our question, but forgive us for thinking the 29-year-old actor gets cast on reputation alone. A decade into his career, and he’s making an impressive transition from teen TV star and YA franchise hero to charismatic leading man.

New York-born O’Brien cut his teeth on MTV’s hit Teen Wolf series, before landing the lead in the Maze Runner film trilogy based on James Dashner’s hugely popular novels. Leading a band of bright young things that included ex-Skins tearaway Kaya Scodelario, Game Of Thrones’ Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Will Poulter, he honed his craft while racking up nearly a billion dollars at the box office. “My career is a constant acting class,” says O’Brien. “To be able to do the Maze Runner movies simultaneously with Teen Wolf was amazing in terms of getting in reps and working my [acting] muscle.”

Now for the sometimes tricky bit. Many actors struggle with the post-breakout period, but O’Brien is making it look easy so far. This year’s Netflix hit Love and Monsters proved he can carry an old-school family adventure, and new film Flashback (out next week) reveals an appetite for weirder, more cerebral work. He stars as Fred Fitzell, a young man reluctant to buckle down to life as a nine-to-fiver with a boring corporate job and a long-term girlfriend (Mindhunter‘s Hannah Gross). When he runs into a freaky-looking acquaintance from his teenage years, Fred becomes obsessed with finding an old high-school friend he used to drop a mind-bending experimental drug called Mercury with. It’s difficult to say any more without entering spoiler territory, but Flashback is a wild ride underpinned by the idea that we can exist in several realities at once. Even if you follow every plot twist, you might not fully understand the end. “Oh, it’s definitely a headfuck,” O’Brien agrees. “There’s not totally an answer to figure out. There’s a lot of different things that people can take from it.”

Speaking over Zoom from his LA home, O’Brien is bright, thoughtful and really good fun to talk to, especially when he relaxes into the interview, but he clearly knows where his line between public and private lies. When he first read the Flashback script, written by the film’s director Christopher MacBride, his “mind was blown” by just how much he related to Fred. “I felt like I was in this transitional phase of my life that was, you know, sort of close to a quarter-life crisis type thing,” he says. “For whatever reason, it was like me and this script were meant to be. I remember reading it and thinking: ‘I am this guy right now.'”

“There were a lot of things in my personal life that were neglected for a while”

When we ask why O’Brien felt as though he had reached a “transitional phase”, he gives an answer that’s vague but not exactly evasive. For understandable reasons, he doesn’t mention the incredibly traumatic motorcycle accident he sustained while shooting the final Maze Runner film in March 2016. O’Brien suffered severe trauma to the brain and said in 2017 that he underwent extensive facial reconstructive surgery after the accident “broke most of the right side of my face”. Tellingly, he’s never really revealed what happened on set or how it affected him.

Today, O’Brien dances around the details of the accident and other issues he was dealing with at the time, but doesn’t shy away from discussing his inner conflict. “You know, it was a lot of personal things combined with at-a-point-in-my-career things,” he says after a brief pause. He says he’d have been going through some of this stuff anyway, simply because of his age, but it sounds as though success intensified it all. “It was like this whole fucking storm of shit,” he continues. “I was simultaneously so fulfilled and happy about these, like, otherworldly and surreal things that I had experienced in terms of where my career had brought me. I had all this confidence and fulfilment and beautiful people [in my life] – such amazing things to experience at a young age. But at the same time, there were a lot of things in my personal life that were unchecked and sort of neglected for a while.”

O’Brien says that in time, he realised he had to “stop for a second” and “re-explore how I wanted my life to look going forward”. In fairness, you can see why he needed a breather: his career took off while he was still a teenager. After his family moved from New Jersey to Los Angeles County when he was 12, O’Brien contemplated a career as a sports broadcaster – his Twitter bio still bills him as a “no longer suffering Mets fan” – then began posting YouTube videos as moviekidd826. A funny, slickly edited skit titled ‘How to Prepare for the SAT in 45 seconds’, shared when he was just 17, shows he was a born performer and storyteller. YouTube success led to him getting a manager, but his breakthrough role in Teen Wolf still came out of the blue. At the time, he was treading water at a local community college and taking auditions on the side.

Still, he has since taken a rather fatalistic view of this career-making moment. “It’s totally weird because, when I think about it now, I don’t see how it could have happened any other way. I can’t picture myself doing anything else now,” he told Collider in 2011. “It was really sudden and a little random, and not provoked by anything. It was just out of nowhere. It wasn’t my intentional doing.” Today, O’Brien summarises his skyscraper career trajectory succinctly. “I guess I just graduated high school and started acting,” he says. “And then I felt like I was just flying by the seat of my pants and never got a chance to stop.” Thankfully, straight-out-the-blocks Hollywood success hasn’t taken away his sense of perspective. When I say how easy social media makes it to compare yourself unfavourably to others, O’Brien jumps in: “Yeah, that’s very true. I was watching the Billie Eilish doc the other day, and I was like, I’ve done nothing. I’m not an artist at all!”

“No one thought ‘Love and Monsters’ was going to be good!”

O’Brien is also self-deprecating when he talks about being cast in Flashback, suggesting it happened because he had such an intense connection with Fred. “I was honestly like, ‘Who is watching me right now?’ That is the best way I can describe how I was feeling when I came across this script,” he says. “Chris [MacBride, director] and I had this conversation that went so well in terms of [my] understanding this script that I think he’d sent around a lot and [that] very commonly wasn’t understood. I think Chris has even said that the night before shooting, he suddenly had this thought, like, ‘Wait, do I even think he’s a good actor?'”

Though O’Brien has firmly ring-fenced elements of his private life, he’s actually pretty frank about his acting vehicles. He readily admits he was expecting a snobbish response to Love and Monsters, a CGI-heavy hybrid of post-apocalyptic action and romcom that dropped on Netflix in April and topped the streamer’s daily most-watched list. “It means so much that Love and Monsters has gotten the response that it’s gotten,” O’Brien says. “No one thought this movie was going to be good.” His blunt honesty makes me laugh out loud. “No one did though!” he says in response. “And so, fuck that. You know, most of the people who say something to me about the movie, they’re like: ‘I watched Love and Monsters, and it was… good?’ And honestly, that just cracks me up.” For obvious reasons, we hastily decide not to share our response to the film – namely, that it was a whole lot better than expected.

In Love and Monsters, O’Brien plays Joel, a survivor of a so-called “monsterpocalypse” that has bumped humans to the bottom of the food chain. Though he’s known in his colony as a bit of a coward, Joel sets off on a treacherous 80-mile journey to find his high school sweetheart Aimee (Iron Fist‘s Jessica Henwick), which means evading the hungry clutches of various supersize grizzlies including a giant monster-frog hiding in a suburban pond. It’s a simple but pretty out-there premise that wouldn’t work if O’Brien’s performance was even slightly condescending. Instead, his unselfconscious sincerity really sells a film that has as much in common with the family-oriented Robin Williams movie Night at the Museum as darker fare like The Walking Dead.

His obvious affection for the project really comes across during our interview today. “When I read the script, I just thought it was so sweet and funny and smart and unique, but at the same time reminiscent of all these movies that don’t really get made any more,” he says. That’s a fair point: Love and Monsters is neither a fail-safe superhero movie nor a slice of classy Oscar bait. “And when they were talking about how to market this movie, it was so funny hearing all these conversations like, ‘How do we actually get people to watch it?'” he adds. “But that’s a big part of the reason I wanted to do this movie: because it felt like something I missed seeing.”

“I’m lucky to be surrounded by people who want to make something out of love”

So in a way, Love and Monsters was a risk for an actor seeking to establish himself outside of a bankable movie franchise and a hit TV show. O’Brien has only made four films since his final Maze Runner outing in 2018, and insists he hasn’t been tactical with his choices. “I don’t have anyone saying, ‘We need to get you in an Oscar vehicle’, or any of that kind of shit,” he says. “I’m really lucky to be surrounded by people who think like me: that you should do what you’re drawn to, and make something out of love.”

He’s recently finished shooting a mysterious crime thriller called The Outfit in London with Mark Rylance. Directed and co-written by Graham Moore, who won an Oscar for his screenplay to Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game, O’Brien calls it “quite possibly one of the most special pieces of writing I’ve ever experienced”. He first read the script on a plane and says he “actually stood up and clapped” when he got to the end. Considering O’Brien probably wasn’t flying Ryanair, this reaction presumably attracted a few baffled glances.

Anyway, it must be pretty intimidating walking onto set with Rylance, a multi-award-winning actor revered by his peers – Al Pacino once said he “speaks Shakespeare as if it was written for him the night before” – but it sounds as though O’Brien took it all in stride. He says he’s confident in his abilities, but admits to having a slight wobble whenever he begins a new project. “I’m always sort of re-questioning everything – like, ‘Can I even act?'” he says. “But I think there’s something very natural about that. I think even Rylance could relate to that feeling. Acting is like starting a new year at school every single time.”

At this point in his career, O’Brien has made peace with the fact that some people will have preconceptions about him based on what he’s known for: Maze Runner and Teen Wolf. “People will put you in a box no matter what,” he says. “There was definitely a time when that would get to me, especially when it felt like somebody had a perspective on me that in my soul, I just felt wasn’t accurate.” Still, there’s no doubt he wants to show us what’s really in his soul with more films like Flashback. “If anything,” he adds bullishly, “it just makes me think: ‘Right, I’m really gonna show them now’.”

‘Flashback’ is out on digital platforms from June 4

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darkwingsnark · 4 years

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FIC WRITER MEME

Tagged by @prince-luffy

AO3 name: DarkwingSnark

Fandoms: ...SEE, I’m in lots of fandoms. Or at least, I’ve written for them during hyper-fixation periods. Let’s see what AO3 says...

Batman: The Animated Series (20)

Batman - All Media Types (7)

Wander Over Yonder (Cartoon) (6)

DuckTales (Cartoon 1987) (5)

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (5)

Penguins of Madagascar (3)

James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl (3)

Darkwing Duck (Cartoon 1991) (3)

Disney - All Media Types (3)

Dan Vs. (2)

Milo Murphy's Law (2)

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (1)

The Batman (Cartoon) (1)

Lady and the Tramp (1955) (1)

Looney Tunes | Merrie Melodies (1)

Winnie-the-Pooh - All Media Types (1)

Alice in Wonderland (1951) (1)

Gummi Bears (TV) (1)

Winnie-the-Pooh (Disney) (1)

.... Honestly, I feel like there’s more that this list isn’t covering. Like Phineas and Ferb isn’t here and I wrote for that show too. And many of these can be simplified and condensed because they belong to similar fics.

Tropes: Depends on the fic. But as a whole, tend to write Romantic Comedies with a lot of slow burn. Mostly because... struggle is funny. People being dumdums and oblivious to the obvious is funny. Aaaaand also because it allows the episodic quality of shenanigans to occur.

Number of fics: Up and posted on AO3? 53. Does not include stuff on FF.net or that’s sitting in google docs begging to be finished.

Fic I spent the most time on: Not sure how to read this. Does it mean active man hours? Or does stuff like having a hiatus in-between count? Because TECHNICALLY ‘Real Value’ was started in high school, and I didn’t rewrite it and carry on the series (with Moonie) until many years later. There are also fics like ‘Growing Love’ or ‘Priorities’ that took a lot of time to do research. Like learning how to build a lawn mower so I could have a character believably break it apart for repairs.

....God I do a lot of research that doesn’t go into the actual fics. Because all I need, really, in the confidence of what I’m doing to be the character and describe an action here or there.

Fic I spent the least time on: Probably something drabble related? Or maybe the fic I did that was just me venting out emotions because I was feeling guilty? ‘A Mother’s Intuition’ was written and posted within a couple of hours.

Longest fic: Complicated. The longest thing written is technically an RP, NOT a story. (Different, trust me.) ‘What Happens in Gotham’ has a word count of 207,413. But fic wise at 89,022 word would be ‘The Constant Gardener’ .

Runner up being ‘Priorities’ at little over 87k.

Shortest fic: Drabbles? Uh, let’s see.. Probably from ‘Beauty and Your Worth’, as i think one was literally a paragraph long. ... Speaking of Gummi Bears, I wonder if I still have my notes on the GruffiGusto fic I wanted to write. Something to look into.

Most hits: Apparently ‘Fallen Hard’ at 5354

Most kudos: Also ‘Fallen Hard’ at 518. There... were more fans of Milo Murphy’s Law than I realised.

Most comment threads: ‘Fallen Hard’, 193 comments. ‘What Happens in Gotham’ following at 185.

Most bookmarks: .... that’s something people care about? I hardly ever bookmark things, since I read it in one go. But... I can look?

Ah.... ‘Fallen Hard’. 63

Total word count: 971,833 Oh hey! Almost a million. That’s something to celebrate.

Favorite fic I wrote: 'Knights of Dobenshire’. Hands down. (With ‘Heart of the Cards’ being very close.) I like writing road trip styled stories. It allows many things to happen within the narrative. BUT, ‘Knights of Dobenshire’ wins because it was such a satisfying conclusion of this build up, you know? Scrooge is finally no longer just putting up with the relationship with Fenton, but fully embracing it. That surprise feeling that hits him when he realizes, dear lord, he IS attracted to Fenton beyond affection.

It hits me more than a mutual pining because there I KNOW they will get together. But here? While writing with Moonie? I DIDN’T KNOW! I was worried in the end we’d have to write another fic to finally reach that step. Scrooge is stubborn and does what he wants, let me tell ya.

Fic you want to rewrite/expand on: 'Fallen Hard’, ‘Season of Miracles’, ‘Going with the Flow’, pretty much anything that isn’t complete. BUT, not posted, I really want to get back to more of the stories planned in the McCrack series. It was a ship I kinda made from the ground up, with nobody caring about it in the beginning. So it feels very important to see that series through.

Share a bit of a WIP or a story idea you’re planning on:

... Actually, I can share something from 'Donald’s Party (Working Title)’. @swampy-tiefling and I started. Just the first scene to get you guys hooked.

Donald took a deep breath of air from the doorway of the house and sighed, once again pleased to find himself at his home away from home. Traveling the seas and exploring the world with the navy were its own rewards, he supposed, but there would never be anything quite like the countryside-- the middle aged mallard having practically been raised on Grandma Duck’s farm. Donald Duck was happy to be on shore-- his naval carrier being docked for the week in Duckburg as they replenished supplies and took care of whatever repairs that were needed. Whatever excuse his bosses wanted to use were fine by him, he was just happy to not be scrubbing decks for a change!

That didn’t, however, mean he was able to rest and relax-- as the duck was startled out of his thoughts as somebody bumped into him. That somebody was his grandmother as she came to, just having caught her plate of cookies before they fell.

“My land, Donald! What in the world are you doing hiding here when you should be meetin’ and greetin’ the guests?”

Donald ignored the woman’s soft glare as he waved her off, using his other hand to steal a cookie in the process. Stuffing it in his mouth, he murmured out a response.

“Phooey, they’re just relatives.”

“Even more of a reason to go out and talk to them.” Before the sailor could argue, Grandma Duck placed the plate of treats into his hands. “And put these out on the snack table while you’re at it. Poor Fethry is looking peckish.”

Donald rolled his eyes, but otherwise did as he was told. Wasn’t it just like life to make him work at his own welcome home party? Walking towards the open yard where the party was taking place, it didn’t take long to reach the table, where his cousins were already gathered around as they chat.

This instantly caught the attention of the lankier duck, his gaze zoning in as he smiled widely towards Donald in greeting.

“Well if it ain’t the guest of honor, with snacks to boot!” Fethry leaned closer, his red hat wobbling with him as he continued to inquire. “Say, cuz, ya wouldn’t happen to know if these are gluten free, would ya?”

Donald gave him an unimpressed look.

“You’re not going on another crazy diet, are ya?” Though, in all honesty, he was more worried his looney cousin might try to drag him along-- and after months of eating nothing but mush, he would NOT miss out on his first chance to pig out on actual home cooked meals.

"Not crazy at all, actually!" Fethry grinned that goofy grin. "See, it's all right here; Gluten Free; It's the Way to Be' !" he shoved a rather lengthy-looking hard cover book in Donald's face. Donald had no choice but to stare at it, the words all blurring together from its close proximity to his eyes. The offending object remained there for only a second, however, before it was yanked back, the nutty mallard already busy flipping through it.

"Let's see, here, there's a fascinating chapter I think you should-- Don?"

Phew, that had been close. Donald was still in sneaking away mode, and jumped and yelped when he was tapped on the shoulder. Oh no. He'd been caught, after all. He slowly turned, with a forced, toothy grin, to face his fate.

A wave of relief washed over him when he saw his girlfriend, Daisy, smiling sweetly at him, instead.

“And where do you think you’re sneaking off to, Mister? You’ve been gone for so long, and here we are, with you haven’t even given me a kiss ‘hello’ yet.”

Now there was something Donald didn’t mind doing, as his girlfriend leaned in her face for her reward. Wrapping his arms around her, he planted the biggest of smooches to her temple.

“Gaww, I’m sorry Daisy. I really did miss you.”

This earned him a soft smile, as it was Daisy’s turn to kiss him on the forehead.

“And I missed you, hun. Now, tell me… why WERE you sneaking around?”

“Grandma put me on entertainment duty.”

“Well, “ his girlfriend began, “it IS your party, after all. They came to see you, seems fair to me.” This made the sailor groan as she looked at him unsympathetically. Rolling her eyes, the reporter sarcastically patted her boyfriend in comfort. “There there. Now don’t go sneaking off for real, the boys will be arriving soon. And Grandma tells me Uncle Scrooge will be bringing along a special guest.”

“Special guest?” Donald asked incredulously. “Like who?” This caused Daisy’s eyes to glimmer all the more in mischief, a look that told him that she knew something he didn’t know. And that something was big news, if he was reading her right.

“Oh, nobody TOO special, I suppose,” Daisy was stalling, and it was driving Donald up the wall. The duck woman continued her teasing. “Nobody except your uncle’s new date friend.”

"Date friend?" Donald practically exclaimed, prompting Daisy's grin to grow all the more smug.

"Yep! You've missed quite a bit since you've been away, you know."

"No kidding...well I'll be..." Donald was shaking his head, but he was smiling. Uncle Scrooge, dating, at his age... it was nothing short of a miracle. It was about time, too!

"Meanwhile, why don't you go say hi to the rest of the guests? I know it's hard..." she rolled her eyes. "but at least make an effort, okay? Thanks, hun!"

Donald's heart fluttered as she smooched his cheek, and left. He glanced out over the yard, and saw quite a few familiar faces; Gus, Ludwig, Gladstone... heck, even Gyro Gearloose had shown up!

He sighed, but this one wasn't a sigh of pure despair. It did feel nice to be home, surrounded by people who most likely cared, and his nephews were even going to show up soon. Not to mention, he'd get to tease his uncle for finally taking his advice on the whole dating thing.

That alone gave Donald the pep in his step he needed as he threw himself back into the party-- where he knew his crazed family would be waiting for him.

#long post #fanfiction #snark life #disney ducks #mccrack #meme

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liumargaret · 4 years

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London Marathon: How do you reduce the environmental impact?

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Image caption Tens of thousands of plastic water bottles are collected after each London Marathon

Tens of thousands of runners will take part in the London Marathon on Sunday – a gruelling 26.2-mile race around the capital.

The iconic event raised £63m ($81m) for charity last year – but it’s also known for generating lots of plastic waste, particularly plastic water bottles discarded by runners.

Like concerts and other major events, the marathon also generates a massive carbon footprint with thousands travelling – some by plane – to the location. Waste from food, packaging and goodie bags gets left behind by spectators and runners.

After last year’s marathon, Westminster City Council collected 5,200kg of rubbish and 3,500kg of recycling – including about 47,000 plastic bottles – from the streets.

And the council has warned that the amount is likely to increase this year, if the weather remains hot.

This year the London Marathon is making some big changes and trialling a number of ideas to try to make the event more green.

The measures include:

Reducing the total number of drink stations on the running route from 26 to 19 and reducing the number of plastic bottles on the course by 215,000

Using compostable cups rather than plastic bottles at three Lucozade Sport stations

Providing Lucozade Sport in edible seaweed capsules at one drinks station

Trialling new bottle belts made from recycled plastic so 700 runners can carry 250ml bottles with them during their run

Issuing digital rather than printed race instructions

Plastic bottles made from 100% or 50% recycled plastic

London Marathon event director Hugh Brasner told BBC Radio 5 Live: “We’re trying to lead the way… there’s a raft of initiatives we are using this year that we think will lead to some huge behavioural changes in the future.”

Encouraging runners to trial bottle belts could also “hugely reduce the amount of bottles used on the course”, he added.

However, a marathon is one of the toughest physical events a runner can endure – so are the proposals practical?

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Image caption A lot of marathons such as this one in New York use cups rather than plastic bottles

Mike Robinson, who is running in Sunday’s marathon, thinks reducing the number of drinks stations is sensible.

“Realistically you’re not going to need to drink every mile, and that’s actually against medical advice,” he told the BBC.

However, he describes the bottle belt trial as “a good idea” which unfortunately “came a little late”.

“The email [about the bottle belts trial] came through about a week ago – but if you’re going to be doing that, you need to be practising with them a lot earlier.

“If you’re wearing something that moves around – even a bit – it becomes an irritation [during a marathon]. I had two sport gels in the side pocket of my shorts once, and after running two miles my legs started bleeding.”

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Image caption Cindy Ray and Harald Greve have run seven and six marathons respectively

And would runners be willing to drink out of paper cups rather than plastic bottles?

Runners Harald Greve and Cindy Roy have completed six and seven marathons respectively and say paper cups are actually better in some ways because they contain the right amount of liquid.

“The bottles contain a lot of drink you don’t necessarily need; what you want is a sip every few miles because you want to avoid needing the bathroom,” Cindy told the BBC.

The two, who have run marathons in London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Berlin, Manchester, Stockholm and Athens, say in most marathons outside the UK runners are given paper cups rather than bottles anyway.

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However, the couple agree that running with bottles is “easier by a long way”.

“For recreational runners, I think the time wasted from drinking from a cup is just a matter of seconds – but for elite runners a couple of seconds might mean the difference between winning and losing,” says Harald.

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Image caption Mike Robinson has completed the London and Brighton marathons

It’s a view shared by Mike, who argues: “If you ever try drinking [from a cup] whilst you’re running, you end up getting more of it on your face than your mouth. For 75% of runners, they’d be cool with that, but for anyone trying to beat a time, telling them to stop is just like talking to a wall.”

Meanwhile, all three runners considered the edible pouches of Lucozade to be a good idea – but pointed out that many runners will be reluctant to consume something they haven’t already tried during a marathon, in case it makes them ill.

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What else can be done?

Dr Andrea Collins, a lecturer at Cardiff University, has researched the impact of major events on the environment.

From her studies, she has found that “the way in which people travel to an event is one of the key contributors to the size of the environmental footprint”.

The London Marathon encourages participants to travel by public transport – and Dr Collins says that spectators can also think about the type of food and drink they purchase at the event – going for local or seasonal food without packaging where possible, and taking care not to over purchase.

Meanwhile, Mike’s tip for runners is to empty their bottles once they’re done with them.

“What usually happens is you have a few swigs and then throw your bottle to the side – because running with a bottle of water can change your running form quite a lot.

“But one thing I’ve only recently learned is that you can’t recycle a bottle that’s got water inside it – it’s worth publicising this so runners know to squeeze out the water before throwing their bottles away. It’s something I’ll be doing this year.”

Do marathons do any good for the environment?

Dr Collins says more and more people are becoming aware of the importance of holding big events in a sustainable way.

“Spectators and participants are realising that our ability to hold an event [in the future] will also depend on the quality of the environment. We can’t continue to consume resources at the rate we are – it contributes to the bigger issue of climate change.”

However, she also argues that big sporting events, when done right, can do some good.

“These high profile events raise our awareness of environmental impacts, and organisers can demonstrate in quite a positive way what they’ve done. People might be inspired – and other big races, like the Great North Run, will be looking to see what has been put in place at the London Marathon, and what works.”

A study by King’s College London found that air pollution in the capital fell by 89% during the last London Marathon due to road closures.

And the experience of running a marathon also encourages people to be more environmentally friendly, Cindy argues.

“Training for a marathon makes you more sustainable in day-to-day activities – I started walking or running to work every day and shunning public transport altogether – being environmentally friendly while training kind of sticks with you and becomes a way of life.”

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5 No-Sweat Workouts You Can Do Without Ever Taking Your Jeans Off

Jeans are one of the only investing parts you can actually wear year-round, and if you’re a denim buff, “youve never” truly want to take them off. It’s borderline obsessive: Sometimes you even sleep in them; you just can’t appears to component practices. It’s clearly a convenience situation. Your best friend could betray you and start dating your mash or your boss could send an email that says, “We need to talk. Come to my place now, ” but you know everything will always be OK because you’ve got your favorite jeans on. But, let’s be honest, exerting in jeans can be difficult. If you walk into the gym and realise someone doing squattings in jeans, it’s not the most lovely vision because you know that non-stretchy denim is pinching every inch of skin on their legs. That’s why we’ve “re coming” with a give of exercises that don’t obligate you sweat, in order to be allowed to avoid taking off your favorite baby blues.

Although doing lower-intensity schooling might seem like it’s for naught, these sporadic usages compound throughout your period to contribute a workout that doesn’t interfere with your already busy planned, as Doctor of Physical Therapy Laura Mannering( Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopedic Physical Therapy and Certified in MDT) demonstrates, these exerts have a positive effect on your health, “[ Any type of flow] interests numerous if not all of the systems in our mas, such as our musculoskeletal system and digestive system.” So save trucking and save those jeans; here are five efforts that won’t become you sweat.

Leg Lifts

Want your quads to sparkle like Edward Cullen in the sunlight? Open them a smolder with some jean-friendly leg lifts. Start by sitting on the flooring with your legs bent somewhat out in front of you. Hands should be relaxed behind you to hold yourself up. Then one by one, promote a leg up and keep it in the air for as long as possible. This slayed my quads, after just a few seconds I had to rest. The jeans lend strain as well, eventually forming me feel like a goddess. You can also do this alter, lying on your gut and promoting your legs, which allows you to target your loot better.

Wall Sits

Your quads, glutes, and calves are in for “states parties “. The kind of defendant where anyone goes too hard, too fast until they pass out with their shoes on and beings draw on their foreheads with Sharpies. Your legs are about to pass out. For this exercise, place your back against the wall and slide down to sitting position. Stay like this for as long as they are able to, and when your legs start shuddering keep going, it means they’re working hard. Or stop, booze some ocean, and admire how much more comfy your jeans are now that they’ve gotten a little stretch.

Chair Steps

Hamstrings, glutes, hips, oh my. This chair exercise is also great for your nerve and increases your chances of succumbing young, as a 2017 contemplate established. After three of these, I was gasping for air. It’s easy to do at home because you can simply use a kitchen chair. Behaving as if the chair is a stair, step up onto it until you’re absolutely standing on top, then slowly lower yourself down with the opposite leg. The slower you do this, the more it makes your legs. It’s jean-friendly and the rhythmic action can be quite relaxing.

Warrior Lunges

Embrace your inner warrior with this exercise. These are regular forward-step lunges, accompanied with a pierce. Each hour you step forward and lunge, shed a pierce, then forswear back to digesting slot. I felt like Tyler Durden in Fight Club. Maybe even put on some boxing gloves and find something to punch. You can take it farther by propping loads either down by your hips or up by your shoulders, which will increase the leg burn. Era your breathing in rhythm with your moves. As Dr. Williams establishes, restricted and rhythmic breathing help with blood pressure, improves dissemination, increases your metabolism, and allays stress.

Pro-tip: if you watch the movie at the same day, you’re sure to morph into a real fighter.

Windmill Runner

This is the only exercise you may not wishes to do in public. You’ll look like a croaking chick. It is most effective if you maintain a comparatively light heavines in each side. Clique your arms slowly in windmill gyration while simultaneously running in place. This utilization focuses on centering your counterbalance and labouring your legs in unison. The blaze I got in my forearms and legs after 30 seconds is also no joke.

If you find that your jeans aren’t free-spoken enough, invest in some jeggings, it’s a happy medium. High-waisted, skinny, bell-bottom , no matter what type is your favorite , now you have a exercising routine for whenever you don’t want to change your gasps. After mastering the Warrior Lunges, you won’t be afraid to face your back-stabbing sidekick or your boss. Now you’re a new maiden. This isn’t, but you’re officially part of Jean Club, who the hell is practice more fierce.

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SWOT Analysis

Strengths

I feel like I have good social skills, I am personable, friendly and have the ability to get on with almost anyone, regardless of ace, race, nationality or sub-culture.

I posses an Avant-guard nature, I find it easy to think outside the box and often use this to aid me in conceiving original and interesting ideas. I can write film in a standard fashion but with my own twist. This means I have locked down the classic elements witch make people comfortable with film, like the mise-en-scene but can bring exciting, odd new narratives to the table.

I am experienced on many platforms (e.g. Ableton, Avid media composer, Premier-pro, Photoshop and the entire Microsoft office software package).

I love watching and especially love making film, the way you go on a journey on which you learn along the way is excellently clever. A film is visually pleasing but there is a lot more to a it, we as human beings are inherently smart and as we watch a film we slowly piece together an ideal/ideal derived directly from the film, this idea can influence the way we interact with others and live our life’s.

I wish to enter into the film industry, working for an independent production company, most probably based in London. I have made this decision as I wish to be employed in the film industry, as films are not constant work like television, I must be attached to a production company as this way I will receive constant work in my desired industry.

Film as apposed to television is more interesting, things seem to be more serious in general and the space for experimentation is much larger. You also work in a bigger team of people, I love being on set and several things happening at the same time but all united under a common cause. Also although there is constant reoccurring money with a good TV show, the amounts of money that can be made in the film industry is a lot more. A lot of TV shows rely heavily on set work, for British film we shoot on location a lot, this is something I find exciting as you get to see and be in new places a lot.

A film set has the need for people who can think on there feet, make decisions quickly but be respectful and considerate in your actions. I can do these things well and plan on using these skills to help chisel out a place for me in the industry.

Ultimately I wish to end up directing film but I realise that this is not really an entry level job. I will more than likely have to start as a runner, work my way to production assistant. From there I will be in a good enough position to start to apply for 3rd assistant director and from there work my way up to 1st ad and then to director. I do realise that this is an extremely long process, however I 100% plan on directing on smaller self run projects all along the way to help home in my skills.

I love working with people and I love having to interact with them, I find it very interesting and I find it helps make your job a lot more pleasurable as you receive such variety of personality in the way of people. I also really love having creative control over a project, it is a position like this which I feel I can extend my self to my full potential as I know I am in space which offers freedom, which is something I strive for.

When looking at the people who are directors, they are my type of people, they are odd and always have an alternate creative rational, they are not afraid to be bold.

These are all things that I feel I encapsulate and this is reason as to why I feel I can direct, also everyone I have worked with has commended me on my directing skill and professionalism which has pushed me to strive further.

My most notable achievement so far has been my graduate film, nothing else I have made or help make has ever come close to the professionalism and overall quality of the final product. It is not decorated with festival awards and accepted submissions, however we do definitely plan on taking it to festivals….and an even though it is early, I’m pretty darn sure that we will be showing at the BFI graduate show.

I attribute my success to hard work, dedication, love for the project at hand and having the ability to comfortably think outside of the box.

Society places success under a banner of material possessions and the amount of money you have. I measure my success in feeling, success is a feeling you can only achieve if you succeed in the way you want and have something you can be proud of, therefore according to this way of thinking, I am the only one who can tell me weather or not I am successful.

I have quite a bit of knowledge about the so called ‘street’ subculture and feel that bringing their influences to a company would be extremely helpful as it will widen there demographic and ultimately earn them more money.

I feel my greatest asset Is my ability to take something quite normal and standard and turn it into something interesting, unusual and uncanny.

Weaknesses

My punctuality could me more on point, I will be at every single meeting or organised event I am required, however I am late some of the time and this can get in the way of the task at hand.

I’m very free flowing and this translates to my organisation being not well kept, unless I specifically put a lot of effort in to adhere to the way others have outlined.

I also do find my memory isn’t to good, unfortunately if I don’t write something down or have 100% interest in that thing I’m likely to forget it.

I should avoid situations where I allow myself to much freedom, freedom is important but I feel that I must channel it in order to benefit from it, otherwise I am running feral.

I like to avoid bad vibes where I can, this does not mean that I wont stand up for what I believe in but when I get hot headed I can say things I do not mean, avoiding confrontation by being companionate helps me the most. I should also avoid getting to heavily involved with one element in filmmaking, I can sometimes become fixated on something when I’m so passionate about it, however when working in a team, which is nearly always in the industry. The way I move on is that someone usually advises me to move on, which I easily do, just after I realise what I am doing.

Professionally I find that when I like an idea, I find it hard to move on from it and try something else, even when I know what I want to do is the wrong thing. I like to push the boundaries however I need to know when to know to push or back down from the boundaries. This can equal me wasting time which, obviously on set is of the essence.

I Must remember that a set is like an office, it is a place of work, it is not a place for any messing around. It is a playground for thoughts and ideas but not for actions, I must stay composed and calm on set, which is easily done, I just must remember to adhere to that way of thinking. If I don’t adhere to this, I will appear unprofessional and this will hinder me from getting future employment.

I don’t fully understand every aspect of filmmaking, which is something that must be required of a director. However, this is something that will come with time and at this stage no one would expect this of me. This will make the production process a lot slower as people will have to be explaining things to me along the way.Another weakness is the fact I have type one diabetes, this can affect me greatly if not well managed. It can cause me to have fits and blackout, however if I stay on top of it, I can avoid this from happening.

When younger my Avant-guard nature was not popular with the majority of students, I felt like I required neish community to integrate into. I would always them find eventually but its not easy, this has created me to feel conflicted as I feel like I am being to full of myself, giving requirements for being mates with me but then on the other side I want to be with like minded people, people who truly get me and accept and love me for my oddities.

Opportunities

Luckily I live just over an hour on the train to London, this puts me at a huge advantage as I am located close to the UK’s central hub for the TV and film industry. I also will leave university with a degree, hopefully at a high level which will definitely advance my job prospects for the near future. I cannot rely on public transport to be able to get from set to set as it can change frequently and can often run to early times in the morning. Therefore, this summer I am going to learn how to drive as this is something that seems to be required for prosperity in this industry and it will help with post-graduate life in general.

My chosen profession is directing, which is mainly revolved around interacting with people, this relies on little to no technology. The state of the art in my chosen profession would probably just being up to date with contemporary happening which I will use to help my actors understand roles and motivations well. Also having a well rounded personality which is focused on being calm as this in turn is picked up by your actors and out turned by them.

I am aware of what needs to be done in order top succeed in my industry, and I am doing what I can at this point in time. Unfortunately, I am required to network, however I can only network inside of university as this is where my life is focused. I am also planning on shooting some a couple of shorts now that university has finished to keep my mind on point and have continues involvement with the industry.

To be in a better position for employment should beef out my showreel with some new pieces, focusing on the acting and overall aesthetics of what I’m putting in it.

Id somewhat familiar with the Arri Alexa camera and but I definitely need to become familiar with the RED cameras as they seem to be used quite a lot in the industry, yet university has given us no training on them at all.

Unfortunately, I have realised that to become a director at the level I wish to be, it is going to take many years and a lot of hard work. No one will trust a random person to direct their production which has cost them ridiculous amount of money, which is why I am going to have to slowly build up a name for myself with in the industry, in order to gain the trust of investors and producers. Something that is going to affect my industry is Brexit, after leaving the European union we lost the MEDIA / Creative Europe funding, which means the British film industry will loose over 100 euros’ worth of funding also unfortunately British content will be much less attractive to European broadcasters however this doesn’t bother me to much because I specifically wish to make stereotypical British content, and that markets its self.

Threats

There are a lot of people I my desired industry and there are a lot of people who are Justas good as me, but luckily, they are not me. They will not posses my director’s traits, my tricks, my methods and my personality and these are vitally important things to my desired job role.

I am very lucky in that technology will never threaten my prospective position because my selected role is based on opinion, in fact it is the most defining element of directing, until artificial inelegance is created a machine will have no chance in doing my job. I need to be able to work closely with people, I need to evolve with them and understand what kind of person they are and how to motivate them to get what I am envisioning, this cannot be done by a computer because it cannot truly learn and respond to a situation.

Directing has obviously change in the way of the rules and regulation you have to adhere to with filmmaking, however the actual act of directing people hasn’t changed since the early days of the 1930’s ‘talkies’. People still require and will always require to be directed by someone who has an ultimate creative knowledge base of the project, someone who can make decisions and can evolve to the situation which ever way it goes.

Directing in vital to the film making process, essentially you are creative god on set, the role takes up all of your attention and efforts, therefore I don’t need to worry about my job being combined with any others in any downsizing efforts. One person is required and always will be for my desired job role, it is essential to any production, a set with out a director is a ship without a captain.

My role is subject to many internal conflicts, mostly centred around the actors and the personalities clashes. The main issue I ever have with film making is the people aspect, unfortunately actors as a breed are impulsive and melodramatic, due to me being an essential people wrangler, I have to deal with and overcome these problems, sometimes with the help of the crew but often on my own.

If I have done wrong or even if I haven’t I will be respectful and try to be as understanding as possible. The most useful piece of information I have learnt when dealing with actors is that if they are insistent on a scene going how they want; you shoot there take to plicate them. However, you always ensure you get at least one take the way you envisioned it, because after all, you are the director, not them. You must always remember to be calm and composed when dealing with any situation and remember that people are only getting stressed because they want to make a good film, so you have to remember that at the same time as making them understand that they are not the director, they can play these games with you but ultimately, they will loose.

Brexit is in full swing at the moment, as I listed above, it will have big implications on the British film industry but at the same time it will also create a bigger space in the market for downtime as people will have to be working harder. People like to work hard and play hard, this future time of stress will ultimately result in people wanting to chill out, and film is one of the biggest forms of inside chilling.

Hopefully who ever I get a job with will give me constant work, it is in the industry I chose so therefore will undoubtedly enjoy it! As no production is unlimited in the film industry, unlike television, I will be constantly being faced with new subject matter and projects I can sink my teeth in to, and as they say, ‘variety is the spice of life’.

In the case of sudden employment, my showreel and accompanying CV will be strong enough to ensure that I can find work. There is a lot of people in the industry, however I am lucky that I posses an Avant-guard nature, as this way I make a lasting impression. My odd nature mixed with my high quality showreel and good CV will hopefully lock me down employment.

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5 No-Sweat Workouts You Can Do Without Ever Taking Your Jeans Off

Leg Lifts

Wall Sits

Chair Steps

Warrior Lunges

Pro-tip: if you watch the movie at the same day, you’re sure to morph into a real fighter.

Windmill Runner

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5 No-Sweat Workouts You Can Do Without Ever Taking Your Jeans Off

Leg Lifts

Wall Sits

Chair Steps

Warrior Lunges

Pro-tip: if you watch the movie at the same day, you’re sure to morph into a real fighter.

Windmill Runner

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